Dr. Alexander Efros

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTheoretical Condensed Matter Physics
KeywordsSemiconductor Nanostructures, Spintronics, Quantum Information Processing

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityWashington
InstitutionNaval Research Laboratory
InstituteCenter for Computational Materials Science

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Bruno K. MeyerI. Physikalisches Institut, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen
Prof. Dr. Gerhard AbstreiterLehrstuhl E24: Experimentelle Halbleiter Physik I (Walter-Schottky-Institut), Technische Universität München, Garching
Prof. Dr. Manfred BayerLehrstuhl für Experimentelle Physik 2, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund
Prof. Dr. Manfred BayerTechnische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2008

Programme(s)

2007Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Dr. Efros has delivered a variety of pioneering results to the theoretical description of semiconductor nanostructures. Through his work he has promoted the understanding of physics in these systems by seeking for novel phenomena, which in many cases were verified after their prediction. Thereby he has not only contributed to basic science, but has also made important contributions to applications of nanostructures in electronics, optoelectronics and photonics. During his stay in Germany he plans to study coherent phenomena in quantum dots, which are the basis for quantum information processing.